News & Discussion: CBD Retail

[The Scooter Guy]

Oyster Bar at City Cross is changing over to 'SaWaaDee Ka Cafe' which will be selling Thai food.

I really liked their seafood.
The Typical Thing in City Cross these days is that small businesses are constantly coming & going month after month!
Any Bright Idea and then it fails instantly.

[HiTouch]

Yeah there were some good food joints there once.

But CityCross is owned by Makris Group so I’m not surprised by the high churn rate.

[ghs]

There's quite a lot of food courts in the city these days, probably too many given the turnover rate
of tenants. Chinatown plaza still hasn't opened, I assume it's because they can't find the tenants.

[monotonehell]

There's quite a lot of food courts in the city these days, probably too many given the turnover rate
of tenants. Chinatown plaza still hasn't opened, I assume it's because they can't find the tenants.

There were a lot. Two have been closed recently. And as you point out, the refurbished china town one has failed to reopen.

[The Scooter Guy]

Yeah there were some good food joints there once.

But CityCross is owned by Makris Group so I’m not surprised by the high churn rate.

Frankly, I find their management leaves everything to be desired.
It's high time they should unstick themselves from the TV and do their homework whether they need to or not.

[ghs]

There's quite a lot of food courts in the city these days, probably too many given the turnover rate
of tenants. Chinatown plaza still hasn't opened, I assume it's because they can't find the tenants.

There were a lot. Two have been closed recently. And as you point out, the refurbished china town one has failed to reopen.

Which two food courts have closed ?

[Nathan]

Citi Centre and Renaissance Arcade.

[Ben]

Internal demolition at citi centre arcade has commenced and the last food shop is now behind hoardings.

[The Scooter Guy]

City Cross now has an art showcase called 'Hiive' in the former Billy Baxter's.

[Ben]

H & M announced today they will open in Hobart in 1st half of this year. They are now in every state except SA

[relapse]

So that pretty much confirms that Rundle Mall Plaza redevelopment is Zara, it's a shame that it's not H&m.

[Will]

H & M announced today they will open in Hobart in 1st half of this year. They are now in every state except SA

I wonder why this is the case.

They have also recently opened up in Rockhampton. A rural city of less than 100 000 people.

[Llessur2002]

So that pretty much confirms that Rundle Mall Plaza redevelopment is Zara, it's a shame that it's not H&m.

I wouldn't write it off just yet - the Hobart announcement was made with a maximum 5 month lead time based on the '1st half of this year timeframe'. As RMP is due for completion in the second half of this year so may not be due to be announced for a few months yet...

[Ben]

The first announcement was a year ago, but only today confirmed by H & M.

http://www.news.com.au/national/tasmani ... 8c66ea6878

Work has been slow going on RMP. Nothing visible has changed since OPSM opened in November. Hopefully lots behind the hoarding.

[Nathan]

Work has been slow going on RMP. Nothing visible has changed since OPSM opened in November. Hopefully lots behind the hoarding.

Except the sculpture has been taken down (although they left the feet...).